Combination-tool.



PATENTED JULY 14, 1903* L. BRUNI. COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION rum) nov. 2, 1901.

H0 MODEL.

as c0. PHOTO-LUNG, WASHINGTON o c UNITED STATES PatentedJuly 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBlNATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 733,366, dated July 14,1903.

Application filed November 2,1901. Serial No. 801933. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, LOUIS BRUNI, a citizen of the United States, residingat Laredo, in the county of 'Webb and State of Texas, have invented anew and useful Compound Tool, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combination-tools.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcombinationtools and to provide one adapted for a variety of uses andprovided with a receptacle designed to contain small tools, nails,screws, and the like and capable of opening and closing automatically asthe tools open and close.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a combination-toolconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail viewof a portion of one of the members, showing the claw. Fig. 3 is a detailview of a portion of the other bar or member, illustrating the mannerofholding a saw-blade. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view illustratingthe handle members open.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.

1 and 2 designate bars or members connected together between their endsby a pivot 3 and having enlarged outer portions 4 and 5. The outerportion 1 of the bar or member 1 is enlarged to form a hammer, and theother bar or member has its outer portion 5 enlarged to form ahatchet-blade. The inner opposite faces 6 and 7 of the enlargements 4and 5 are recessed and provided with teeth to form jaws for enabling thetool to be used as a pair of pincers. The pivoted portions of the barsor members 1 and 2 are provided at their opposite edges with notches 8and 9, forming wire-cutters. A piece of wire is placed in the notches ateither side of the tool when the notches are in alinement, and byopening the tool the notches are carrried out of alinement and the wireis severed, as will be readily understood.

The inner end of the bar-or member 1 is provided with a claw 10 forextracting nails, and the other bar or member is provided at its innerend with a screw-driver blade 11, and it has openings or apertures 12and 13, adapted to receive tools. The opening or aperture 12 consists ofa narrow slot and is adapted to receive a saw-blade 14, which is securedto the bar or member bya clampingscrew 15. The aperture 13 isapproximately semicircular in cross-section and is designed to receivethe shank of a bit. The bar or member 2 is also provided with aclampingscrew 16 for securing a tool in a slot or aperture arranged atright angles to the slot or aperture 12 and shown in dotted lines inFig. 1 of the drawings. The inner portions of the bars or members arespaced apart to provide a longitudinal opening for the reception of abox 17, secured to the bar or member 2 and having one side open anddisposed toward the opposite bar or member 1, which is preferablyprovided with a cover 18; but the cover may be omitted, as the bar ormember 1 will operate to cover the open side of the box. The box, whichis designed to contain small tools, nails, screws, and the like, isautomatically opened and closed as the bars or members of the tool areopened and closed. The open side of the box or receptacle is contiguousto the handle portion of the bar or member 1, and when the tool is openaccess is had to the contents of the box or receptacle. This isespecially advantageous, as the box or receptacle is opened when thejaws are opened, and when a staple or other fastening device isextracted the act of opening the jaws to remove such fastening devicefrom them opens the box or receptacle and the said fastening device maybe readily placed therein. Should it be desired to use the wire-cutteror the jaws 6 and 7 or the claw 10, the contents of the receptacle areremoved; but when the tool is employed as a hammer, hatchet,screw-driver, saw, or when any other tool is applied to the bar ormember 2, or when the jaws are used as before described, the device maybe operated without removing the contents of the box or receptacle.

It will be seen that the tool is simple and comparatively inexpensive inconstruction,

that it is strong and durable, and that its various parts are adaptedfor a variety of uses. It will also be apparent that the box orreceptacle is adapted to contain small tools and material and that it isautomatically opened and closed when the tool is opened and closed.

What I claim is A tool of the plier type consisting of two pivoted barsor members having handle portions spaced apart when the members are intheir closed position a receptacle formed independently of and carriedby the handle portion of one of the members, between the handles, andhaving an open side disposed toward the other member, a cover for the receptacle formed independently of and carried by the handle portion ofthe other member and operable thereby for closing the receptacle whenthe members are closed and foropening the receptacle when the membersare opened, whereby the receptacle will be simultaneously opened withthe opening of myown I have hereto affixed my signaturein 0 the presenceof two witnesses.

LOUIS BRUNI.

l/Vitnesses:

J. M. RODVIGUEZ, M. G. BENARICLES.

